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India signs Bilateral Haj Agreement 2024 with Saudi Arabia
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs, Smriti Irani, accompanied by Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, signed the Bilateral Haj Agreement 2024 with Saudi Arabia's Minister for Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah in Jeddah.
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In a first, over 4,000 women from India apply for Haj travel without 'male
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
For the first time in the history of Haj pilgrimage, 4,314 women have applied to go on the pilgrimage without a 'Mehram' or male guardian with blood relation, said sources in India's Minority Affairs Ministry.
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All religions preach humanity: CM Bommai
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 9 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, at the farewell of the Haj pilgrims stated that 'all religions preach humanity'.
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Govt considering to start application submission for Haj 2021 from Oct-Nov
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 26 (ANI): Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that the government is considering to initiate the process of Haj 2021 application from October-November.
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Candidature of Haj applicants cancelled automatically, says Telangana Haj
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 24 (ANI): Telangana State Haj Committee has cancelled all applications for Haj 2020 after Saudi Arabia said only Muslims living in the country can take part in this year's Haj pilgrimage.
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Making Haj cent percent online removed middlemen, says Naqvi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): The Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that making Haj process 100 per cent online has removed middlemen making Haj pilgrimage affordable for the Indian Muslims.
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Online system made Haj pilgrimage inexpensive: Naqvi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that digitalising Haj-related processes ensured that the annual pilgrimage remained inexpensive, despite the removal of Haj subsidy and thus made the entire system pro-pilgrim.
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No changes to Haj Act, clarifies Naqvi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi clarified that no changes have been made in the Haj Act or the Haj policy by the government.
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Training programme for Haj pilgrims begins in Kashmir
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 8 (ANI): The training programme for Haj pilgrims began in all the districts of Kashmir valley on Tuesday.
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Pak to send transgenders to Haj as volunteers
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 18 (ANI): Pakistan will send transgenders to the annual Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this year to serve as 'Khuddamul Hujjaj' or volunteers.
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Women to now travel for Haj without 'mehram', confirms Naqvi
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] January 8 (ANI): The Muslim women of India have been allowed to travel for Haj without a 'Mehram', or a male guardian, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi tweeted, on Monday.
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Delhi HC seeks Centre's reply on plea challenging Haj guidelines
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's response on the PIL challenging the Haj policy that allegedly barred people with disability from undertaking the annual Haj pilgrimage.
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